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Forgotten Australia This Week… In 1950
Season 9 Episode 3
Will the Chinese invade Taiwan? Is nuclear war with Russia inevitable? While it sounds like these questions are ripped from today's headlines, these …
1 year, 3 months ago
Summer Shorts: TAA Flight 408 – Australia’s First Skyjacking
Season 8 Episode 59
In July 1960, Australia was shocked by a new breed of criminal desperado – a gun-wielding and bomb-toting skyjacker.
For a free trial that will give y…
1 year, 3 months ago
Forgotten Australia This Week … in 1925
Season 9 Episode 1
Happy New Year!
We kick off 2025 by adding a new format in which we look at a different week from each year in the 20th Century. And what better plac…
1 year, 3 months ago
Summer Shorts: Archibald McCafferty – Australia's Charles Manson
Season 8 Episode 58
In 1973 in Sydney, a delusional young criminal and his band of disciples set out to ‘Kill Seven’ as a way to resurrect a dead child.
For a free trial …
1 year, 3 months ago
Summer Shorts: Curtains for the Magician
Season 8 Episode 57
In the first of the Summer Shorts series, we step back to the day in 1974 that underworld serial killer Stewart John Regan, known as ‘The Magician’ f…
1 year, 3 months ago
The End of the Year Interview Episode
Season 8 Episode 56
Recently, Nine radio network host Simon Owens interviewed me for his Saturday night show, which is broadcast on Australian east coast stations, inclu…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Model & The Murder Case – Part Two
Season 8 Episode 55
In 1954 popular Sydney model Shirley Beiger went on trial for the shooting murder of her boyfriend, with the already sensational proceedings made wil…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Model & The Murder Case – Part One
Season 8 Episode 54
Seventy years ago – in 1954 – glamorous Sydney model Shirley Beiger shot her lover dead outside a city nightclub. But why did she kill him — and what…
1 year, 3 months ago
Vanishing Cousins – Part Two: The Suspects
Season 8 Episode 53
In April 1974, teenage cousins Yvonne Waters and Raelene Eaton went to a surfside pub in Perth to enjoy a Sunday session. They were never seen again,…
1 year, 4 months ago
Vanishing Cousins – Part One: The Disappearance
Season 8 Episode 52
In April 1974, teenage cousins Yvonne Waters and Raelene Eaton went to a surfside pub in Perth to enjoy a Sunday session. They were never seen again,…
1 year, 4 months ago